Mortality and Morbidity in Rib Fracture Surgery: Pulmonary Contusion Versus Extrathoracic Trauma.

Introduction: This study aimed to determine whether the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing rib stabilization surgery due to blunt trauma-induced rib fractures is pulmonary contusion or associated extrathoracic trauma.

Methods: Patients aged 18-80 y diagnosed with flail chest following blunt trauma and undergoing rib stabilization surgery between January 1, 2014, and January 1, 2024, were included. Collected data encompassed demographics, trauma type, associated injuries, surgery timing, mechanical ventilation, extubation time, intensive care unit stay, and morbidity/mortality outcomes.

The Effect of Fluid Challenge Test on Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter.

Objective: To investigate the effect of the fluid challenge test on the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) change.

Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ondokuz Mayis University Hospital, Samsun, Turkey, from January to November 2021.

Effects of personality traits on severity of sepsis.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to reveal the effect of the individual's lifestyle and personality traits on the disease process in patients with sepsis and to have clinical predictions about these patients.

Materials And Methods: The study was planned as a multi-center, prospective, observational study after obtaining the approval of the local ethics committee. Patients were hospitalized in different intensive care units.

The relationship between familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) mutations and clinical and radiologic parameters in multiple sclerosis patients.

Objective: Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is considerably rare. Patients with FMF may exhibit clinical and radiologic symptoms similar to multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the impact of the Familial Mediterranean Fever Gene (MEFV) mutations on the clinical course of MS is not fully understood as yet.

Axon count and sympathetic skin responses in lumbosacral radiculopathy.

Background And Purpose: Electrodiagnostic studies can be used to confirm the diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathies, but more sensitive diagnostic methods are often needed to measure the ensuing motor neuronal loss and sympathetic failure.

Methods: Twenty-six patients with lumbar radiculopathy and 30 controls were investigated using nerve conduction studies, motor unit number estimation (MUNE), testing of the sympathetic skin response (SSR), quantitative electromyography (QEMG), and magnetic resonance myelography (MRM).

Results: Using QEMG as the gold standard, the sensitivity and specificity of MUNE for the abductor hallucis longus muscle were 71.